page_title: Greeks Gate
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Greeks Gate / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Greeks' Gate, medieval Mdina
context_page_description: The Greeks Gate is a gate into the fortified city of Mdina, Malta. The gate was originally built in the medieval period, and its outer portal was built in the Baroque style in 1724 by Charles François de Mondion. Despite this, the rear part of its gate retains its original form, making it one of the few visible remains of Mdina's medieval walls.
context_section_description: The Greeks Gate actually consists of two vaulted gateways grafted in front of each other. The inner gate still retains its original medieval features, including a pointed arch. A guardhouse was located inside the passageway between the gates. The outer gate consists of a Baroque portal, decorated with various coats of arms and a Latin inscription reading:
  The upper part of Greeks Gate contains a mural and oil paintings, one representing the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Trinity, and the other showing the Baptism of Saint Publius by Paul the Apostle accompanied by Luke the Evangelist.
  The gate is approached through a pas-de-souris which is sometimes referred to as the Outer Greeks Gate. This was originally protected by a re-entrant place-of-arms, and was linked to the gate by a caponier. Today, the pas-de-souris provides vehicular access into the Mdina ditch, while the place-of-arms and caponier no longer exist. The gate was protected by a wooden à la Vauban drawbridge and a drop ditch, but the latter has been filled in. The underground chamber in which the drawbridge was retracted still exists. The gate still retains its wooden door in situ.
caption: The gate viewed from the rear
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